I Am the Wallpaper

Tue, 29 Sep 2015 06:51:02 -0700

The book I am reading is titled I Am The Wallpaper by Mark Peter Hughes. This novel is about thirteen-year-old Floey Packer feeling like she's always blended into the background. After all, she is the dull younger sister of the Fabulous Lillian, a girl so popular and spontaneous that their house is always packed with a gaggle of admirers. But when Lillian suddenly gets married and heads off on a month-long honeymoon, Floey decides it's her time to shine. Holding her diary, some books on Zen philosophy, and a jar of Deep Wild Violet hair dye, Floey embarks on a self-improvement mission with excellent results. People are finally noticing her, especially the boy who really counts. But then disaster strikes. Are people noticing Floey because she's so fabulous, or because her evil cousins posted her diary on the internet? And how will Floey ever repair the damage? My opinion on the novel, I Am the Wallpaper, is that the book was great! Its full of all kinds of different emotions that just about anyone can relate to. It's really funny and a good book to read. The genre of this book is realistic fiction. It's a story that resembles real life and fictional characters. Most young adults would like this book, typically girls, but boys could also enjoy this book because they would be able to relate to the dialogue of the story and also find it funny. It has a great plot that most people who like John Green would read. An internal conflict (man-self) from the book would be when Floey was realizing how nice she is, maybe a little too nice; the point in her life when she felt she needed to change herself to be noticed. An external conflict (man-man) from the book is when Floey and her two best friends Azra and Wen go to their secret hide out on the lake near Foley's house at half past midnight, on July 4th. While they were there, six elderly people came out from behind them in the bushes, bare naked. Everyone screams! Floey, Azra, and Wen run for their lives!! They can hear the elders trying to catch up with them, but they know the people are way back behind them.